plural stews
: a dish of vegetables and usually meat cooked in hot liquid for a long time
I cooked/made a stew for dinner.
Would you like some stew?
stews; stewed; stewing
1
: to cook (something) slowly in hot liquid
stewing the meat
The meat still needs to stew.
a can of stewed tomatoes
2
: to be upset or worried
She's been stewing over/about what he said for days.
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“Stew.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/stew. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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